MAN DIES IN TUAM CRASH

Date Published: 19-Sep-2010

A MAN in his 50s has died following a crash on the Tuam-Galway road near Tuam in the early hours of today.

The man who died was a pedestrian who was walking along a stretch of the road between the Lidil store and the West Wing Restraunt when he was struck by a carat about 4.30 am.

He was pronounced dead at the scene and his body has been taken to University Hospital Galway for a post mortem.

Gardai from Tuam are still at the scene and this sectoion of the N17 is closed while a forensic examination continues.

Diversions are in place via Cloonthue from the Galway direction and via Gilmartin road from the Tuam side.

The name of the man who died in the Tuam crash is not being released until all his next of kin have been informed.